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Time-Based versus Task-Based Contingencies: Which Is More Effective for Independent Academic Assignments for Students with Learning Disabilities?
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Hua, Youjia; Lee, David L.; Stansbery, Sam; McAfee, James K. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Task interspersal is an academic material modification procedure implemented by adding a sequence of brief tasks prior to more difficult academic tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the interspersal procedure under both time-based (i.e., time allotted to complete task held constant) and task-based (i.e., number of…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Timed Tests, Time on Task, Task Analysis
THE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL VERBAL PRETRAINING CONDITIONS ON PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S TRANSFER IN PROBLEM SOLVING. FINAL REPORT.
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BERNHEIM, GLORIA D. – 1967
THREE- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS WERE GIVEN VERBAL LEARNING PRETRAINING TO DETERMINE ITS EFFECT UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF REVERSAL AND NONREVERSAL SHIFT DISCRIMINATION TASKS. THE EXPERIMENTAL TASK WAS THE CLASSICAL REVERSAL-NONREVERSAL SHIFT PARADIGM. THE 96 PRE-SCHOOLERS, PRIMARILY FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY NURSERY SCHOOL, WERE DIVIDED INTO 4…
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SEQUENCING STRATEGIES.
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HAUGHEY, BETTY E.; SHORT, JERRY – 1966
TWO STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING MULTIPLE-DISCRIMINATION TASKS WERE REPORTED. THE "MULTIPLE CONCEPT" PRESENTS SIMPLE DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL RELATED CONCEPTS AT THE BEGINNING OF INSTRUCTION. INCREASINGLY COMPLEX MATERIAL PERTAINING TO THESE CONCEPTS IS THEN GRADUALLY INTRODUCED. THE "SINGLE CONCEPT" PRESENTS ONE CONCEPT AT A TIME,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Discrimination Learning
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FILMSTRIPS AND A DERIVATION OF PRINCIPLES RELATING TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE MEDIA--STUDY I.
THORNE, HOWARD E.; VANDERMEER, A.W. – 1964
PHASE ONE OF A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF REVISED FILMS ON THE PRODUCTION OF SIGNIFICANT LEARNING BEHAVIOR WAS REPORTED. THE FILMSTRIP, "THE SUN AND ITS PLANETS," WAS SELECTED AND SHOWN TO GROUPS OF FIFTH-, EIGHTH-, AND TENTH-GRADERS. A TEST COVERING THE CONTENT OF THE FILMSTRIP WAS PRODUCED AND VALIDATED. THREE PHASES WERE IMPOSED…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Film Production, Filmstrips
A Procedure for Sequencing Self-Instructional Materials for Concept Attainment of Human Relations Abilities in Agricultural Business Occupations.
Hull, William Lee – 1965
The purpose of this study was to develop and test a factor analysis procedure for sequencing self-instructional materials associated with concept attainment. The effects of a computer-generated psychological sequence compared with a random sequence of concepts on sequential decision-making by three achievement levels of students were determined.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Agricultural Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Business